[MDOsprey] Howard Trip reslts
Bonnie Ott (bott@erols.com)
Sun, 03 Oct 1999 16:21:27 -0400
A great showing of visiting Baltimore Countians rounded out this
morning field trip to 30 particpants. We toured the Howard Consevancy
property (Mount Pleasant) in Woodstock.
The day was beautiful and the birds co-operative. The skies were busy
with OSPREY, SHARPIE, COOPERS, RED-TAILS, KESTERAL and a fly-by MERLIN.
6 species of woodpeckers were Tallied with a lovely flyover PILEATED as
our first bird of the day. A SAPSUCKER was a first fall sighting for
many. To everyones delight and surprise a *MARSH WREN* was discovered
and had the good grace to flush into an area that the entire group could
veiw him from.
Although the farm is not the best of warbler spots, we did find some
nice species. After a bit of discussion on an all "yellow" warbler we
came to the conclusion we had a female WILSONS, also NASHVILLE,
MAGNOLIA, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, PALM and YELLOWTHROAT.
Of course the crowning moment was the discovery of 7(yes SEVEN)
LINCOLNS SPARROWS. I believe that everyone on the trip saw at least some
part of one of those LINCOLNS to a ID-able degree. We did have a
smattering of others....CHIPPING, FIELD, SAVANNAH, SWAMP, and
WHITE-THROATS were also present. The big push is yet to come!!
Bonnie Ott (Howard County bird club)